Film: Mike Rogoway reports that Disney surprised investment analysts yesterday when it announced that
it will take a $50 million write-down and cancel a film already in
production. The company didn't disclose which film got the ax,
but numerous media outlets reported that the film was an untitled
animation project from Henry Selick, who directed the 2009 hit
"Coraline" for Oregon animation studio "Laika."

Convention center: Elliot Njust reports that Metro and the Portland Development Commission gave their approval to
start negotiating development plans for a hotel at the Oregon Convention
Center that would be built in part with public money.